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To: LiteKeeper
Nothing of what you said contradicts my assertion. Grace is still "free" by definition. One can reject it, or accept it, but it is still "free." I don't pay for it, I don't earn it, God simply, and freely bestows it upon me, whether I accept it or not.

Well, then you are stating that Grace is sovereign grace, which means that it is irresistable,.

Free grace (regarding salvation) is just that 'free' in that it is a gift (Rom.6:23), but like any gift, it can be rejected as well as accepted.

Christ cried out for anyone who thirsted to come to Him in Jn.7:37 (see Isa.55), but few come because they reject that grace.

Now, according to Calvinism only the elect receive the grace of faith, based on a sovereign election, a faith which cannot be rejected.

12 posted on 07/01/2003 1:34:32 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: fortheDeclaration
Seems to me THE CONCEPT OF PREDESTINATION could be a mojor step towards THE HERESY OF ANTINOMIALISM
34 posted on 07/05/2003 10:14:06 AM PDT by y2k_free_radical (i)
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